RamyaS

Nice! I quite enjoyed it!

That sounds promising @ranran. I do hope Yale offers you a spot soon! Sure, my POI at Columbia is Karl Jacoby. He only wrote to me that my project sounds interesting and that he is looking for new students No word from him or Columbia since. I saw a couple of interview notices for Columbia. My interests are borderlands, and specifically urban history and the US Canada borderlands

Thanks @Josh J.! Yale would be a dream come true. But I am expecting nothing

Hi @ranran Congratulations on the interview with Yale! Hope it went well! I applied to Yale as well, American urban history. I am assuming, though I was rejected since I didn't interview.

@Neist and sts 4656, till a few years ago, HASTS used to send out emails in the first week of February, for interviews that carried on from mid February to Mid March, with the adcom finally deciding around the 17th or the 20th of March. I hope this timeline helps! Good luck!

Yes absolutely! Good luck! I'd like to hear from Yale and Columbia soon! I am expecting to get rejected, despite having one of my recommenders being from Yale. Quickly already!

@Neist I believe directly addressing the POI in letters of recommendation are a good thing! Good luck at Cornell! I really thought of applying to RPI's STS program, but my niche topic does not (strangely) fit with a lot of STS programs.

@Neist I know that the MIT HASTS program does conduct interviews. I tanked my interview with them out of sheer nervousness. I would be glad to not have to do interviews, not because I do not feel like I have much to say but interviews become such a marketing match. I really enjoyed being able to talk with faculty at various universities before applying. I was surprised that professors from the Ivy league took the time to actually skype with me to give me advice, while they were talking. They don't have to. A case in point was Yale, where despite a good fit, the person I would have liked to work with didn't actually reply. But someone else did. I know that at MSU talking helped and I was offered a spot there. I have no idea if the talking to the professors at Ivy league institutions will help. We'll see. If you don't mind sharing, are you in contact with your POI at Cornell? I wrote to mine (before I applied, to discuss my application) and was told that it is a committee decision, and individual faculty members don't always have a say. I expect nothing from Cornell. It is a top program.

Hi everyone, I am little late to the forum. I have applied to a whole bunch of schools in various disciplines. I have interests in urban history and US history (19th and 20th century), specifically Detroit. I am currently finishing up a Master's in Urban Design and have two previous Master's degrees in Political Science and STS. I have applied to 5 history programs, primarily based on POIs: Yale, Columbia, MSU, George Washington, Wayne State; 3 urban planning programs: MIT DUSP (CDD); Harvard GSD and the University of Michigan; and 1 STS program: Cornell. I have an admit from MSU (phew) and I am pretty happy with that. Given that I have not heard from Yale or Columbia (though my POI at Columbia did say that he is looking for new doctoral students), is it safe to assume that I did not get in? My concentration is US history in both. I am not sure what to (or when to expect anything from the urban planning programs. Or Cornell. Does Cornell (for STS) conduct interviews? Cheers, Ramya

Hi everyone, I am little late to the forum. I have applied to a whole bunch of schools in various disciplines. I have interests in urban history and US history (19th and 20th century), specifically Detroit. I am currently finishing up a Master's in Urban Design and have two previous Master's degrees in Political Science and STS. I have applied to 5 history programs, primarily based on POIs: Yale, Columbia, MSU, George Washington, Wayne State; 3 urban planning programs: MIT DUSP (CDD); Harvard GSD and the University of Michigan; and 1 STS program: Cornell. I have an admit from MSU (phew) and I am pretty happy with that. Given that I have not heard from Yale or Columbia (though my POI at Columbia did say that he is looking for new doctoral students), is it safe to assume that I did not get in? My concentration is US history in both. I am not sure what to (or when to expect anything from the urban planning programs. Or Cornell. Does Cornell (for STS) conduct interviews? Cheers, Ramya